Car-seat



1. A. BROOKS.

CAR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-1,1920? I L37L848, Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

2 SHEET S-SHEET 1.

J. A. BRGOKS.

CAR SEAT.

APPLIQATION FILED SEPT! I, 1920.

. 1 371 84 Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED (STATES PATENT o FIcE'.'

JAMES A. naooxs, or PHILADELPHIA. PENNSYLVANIA, assrenon Torr-Ir. J; c.BRILL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A coaPoaa'rIoN orPENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-SEAT. V

Specification ofLetters Patent. Patented 1VIa,1'; 15, 1921.

Application'filed September 1, 1920.. Serial No. 407,513.

I all w/lom it may concern Be it known that I, Janus A. Bnoons, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented My invention relates to certain improvev ments in carseats, particularly those used for city and suburban service.

One object of the invention is to provide a car seat in which the seatsection can be raised. and moved against the back of the seat so as tomore readily allow ingress and egress to the space between the seats. Afurther object of the invention is to so connect the seat section to theframe as to insure the proper positioning of the seat section whenshifted from one position to another.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is an end view of a car seat illustrating my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 2; showing theseat section in its normal position;

Fig. 4t is a similar view showing the seat section raised;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the shifting bar and its arms; and

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective View of the stop which limits themovement of the seat.

In the present instance, the invention is illustrated as a wall seat,1'. 6., one in which there is but a single pedestal at the aisle end ofthe seat for supporting the seat structure, the inner end of the seatstructure being supported on a bracket 2 secured to the frame of thecar. as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

The pedestal 1, the seat support 4 and the back support 5 are made intheform of an integral structure, in the present instance. The back 6 isrigidly secured to this structure at the aisle end and to a back support7 at the wall end. The wall end of the seat section 8 rests on a flange9 of the bracket 2 secured to the side 3 of the car and at the aisle endthis seat section is supported by the end portion 4t of the pedestalstructure.

In order to locate the seats as close together as possible, I have foundthat it is desirable to design the seat structure so that the seatsections can be raised and tilted back against the back section to allowpas seng'ers to pass readily through the space be tween one seat and aseat In frontof it. The

structure for accomplishing this shouldbe such that it can be easilyraised andlowered by a passenger.

10 is a longitudinal rod secured to the .ed to brackets ll and 15respectively, se-

cured to the under side of a car'seat near the rear thereof.

This construction is very simple and when it is desired to raise aseat"fr0m the position shown in Fig. 3, to that shown in Fig. 4:, all

that is necessary is to raise the front edge of V the seat and the armswill holdtheseat in position while being elevated.

In order to prevent the lower edge of the seat moving forward when theseat is elevated, as in Fig. 1, a stop 17 is provided, which may beattached to the wall bracket 2 or to the pedestal 1, as desired. Thisstop has a projection 18 against which rests one of the arms 12 or 13.

' It will be noticed that the arms connecting the seatsection arelimited in their forward movement by the stops, and when the seat.section is lowered they are at such an angle as to insure the seatsection assuming a proper position on its support, as gravity due to theweight of the rear of the seat will overcome any friction due to therubbing of the seat section against the frame at its forward end.Furthermore the rock shaft is so located that the seat section will restfirmly on the frame when lowered. V The arms are so pivoted to the seatsection that the inner edge of the section will not rub against theframe in moving from one position to another, and when the seat sectionis raised it will be supported entirely by the rock shaft and its arms,and when lowered will be supported entirely by the frames; a seatsection mounted on the end frames; and arms pivoted to the end frames infront of the seat section, when said seat section israised, andconnected to the under side of the seat section, said arms supportingthe seat section clear of the frame when raised and preventing theforward move ment of the seat section when said seat section is restingon. the frames.

2. The combination in a car seat, oftwo end frames; a back sectionconnected to the end frames; a rodextending from one end frame to theother; a tube loosely mounted on the rod; arms at each end of the tube;and a seat section. mounted on the frames, the rods beingconnected tothe 'under side of'the seat section near the rear, the rod being in suchposition in respect to the seat section that the arms W111 support theseat section when raised against the back and will holdthe seat sectionagainst outward movement when said seat section is resting frames spacedapart, one frame being supported by a pedestal; a backsection securlngthe two arms; a seat section mounted 011 the arms; a rod secured to oneframe and extending into a bushing in the other frame; a tube mounted onthe rod; two arms secured to the tube; brackets on the under side of theseat section to which the arms are pivotally connected, said bracketsbeing located near the rear of the seat section; and a stop to limit theforward movement of the seatsection when the "seat section is raised.

J AMES A. BROOKS.

